Royal Danish Army

The Royal Danish Army is the land-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces, together with the Danish Home Guard. For the last decade, the Royal Danish Army has undergone a massive transformation of structures, equipment and training methods, abandoning its traditional role of anti-invasion defence, and instead focusing on out of area operations by, among other initiatives, reducing the size of the conscripted and reserve components and increasing the active component, changing from 60% support structure and 40% operational capability, to 60% combat operational capability and 40% support structure. When fully implemented, the Danish army will be capable of deploying 1,500 troops permanently on three different continents continuously, or 5,000 troops for a shorter period of time, in international operations without any need for extraordinary measures such as parliamentary approval of a war funding bill.

MainWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Danish army; Hæren; The Royal Danish Army; ar Denmark; army of Denmark
army, Danish Defence, 

​ ​ ​

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1 places

Loading map...

Frameless

A Krauss-Maffei LEOPARD 1A5 Main Battle Tank

Plan af fæstningen Rendsborg omkring 1720

This painting depicts the triumphant return of Danish soldiers to Copenhagen in 1849, celebrated with patriotic joy after the First Schleswig War.

Royal Danish Army trains Iraqi police on military tactics 160322-A-NU685-153

Royal Danish Army trains Iraqi police on military tactics 160322-A-NU685-003

Royal Danish Army trains Iraqi police on military tactics 160322-A-NU685-061

United Nations soldiers, part of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), monitoring Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary.

Hadersleben 6 mai 1920 troupes danoises et françaises

Dan IFOR vehicles

Artillery observer

• Danske hærordninger efter 2. Verdenskrig - , Danish, 2007
• Danske hærordninger efter 2. Verdenskrig - , Danish, 2007

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1500	Battle of Hemmingstedt	Dithmarschen, battle, Royal Danish Army	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Mosede Fort	coastal battery, Royal Danish Army	Wikidata
commons	image		A Krauss-Maffei LEOPARD 1A5 Main Battle Tank		Commons
commons	image		Plan af fæstningen Rendsborg omkring 1720		Commons
commons	image		This painting depicts the triumphant return of Danish soldiers to Copenhagen in 1849, celebrated with patriotic joy after the First Schleswig War.		Commons
commons	image		Royal Danish Army trains Iraqi police on military tactics 160322-A-NU685-153		Commons
commons	image		Royal Danish Army trains Iraqi police on military tactics 160322-A-NU685-003		Commons
commons	image		Royal Danish Army trains Iraqi police on military tactics 160322-A-NU685-061		Commons
commons	image		United Nations soldiers, part of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), monitoring Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary.		Commons
commons	image		Hadersleben 6 mai 1920 troupes danoises et françaises		Commons
commons	image		Dan IFOR vehicles		Commons
commons	image		Artillery observer		Commons